Student and Family Services

Descriptions, websites and contact information are provided below for 11 centers, programs and organizations that provide information, services and resources to students with disabilities and their families. Contact information is also provided for the program liaison at the Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services in the Florida Department of Education.

Directories of Services for Families with Children with DisabilitiesThe Directory of Services for Families with Children Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing and the Directory of Services for Families with Children Who are Blind or Visually Impaired for 2013-2014 are available for order from Outreach Services for the Blind and Deaf at the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind.
Downloadable order forms can be accessed here (pdf).
Questions? Contact Mark Keith | keithm@fsdb.k12.fl.us.

Learning through Listening Project (LtL)The purpose of this project is to provide digital audio textbooks and equipment to students who cannot read standard print due to visual, perceptual, physical, or learning disabilities. The project also facilitates support services and training to administrators, teachers, parents, and students on the use of this technology provided by Learning Ally (formerly Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic).
Trevis Killen, Bureau Liaison | trevis.killen@fldoe.orgTerrie Noland, Contact Person | tnoland@learningally.org

Student Support Services ProjectStudent Support Services staff are charged with facilitating the development of critical support services programs so that observable and measurable indicators of success are achieved. This is accomplished through the provision of technical assistance, training, research, resource development, and policy development and interpretation to local and state educators and parents.
Heidi Metcalf, Bureau Liaison | heidi.metcalf@fldoe.orgHeather Diamond, Contact Person | heather.diamond@fldoe.org

The development of this website was funded by the University of South Florida St. Petersburg
through a grant by the Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services,
Florida Department of Education (2016-2017, 291-2627B-7C008​).